CANTIQUES nouveaux de S. Charles Borromée et de Ste Catherine d'Alexandrie, tirés d'un manuscrit. À l'Isle Sonnante, chez Michel Couplet, 1779. In-8° bound in full red long-grained morocco, smooth spine gilt, gilt roulette on the boards, gilt roulette on the edges and inside, gilt edges (period binding). 23 pp. Decorated with a frontispiece after Cochin by Prevost, 1 portrait of Charles Borromeo, 1 engraved vignette at the head of the medallion portrait of St. Catherine of Alexandria and 5 figures outside the text, all by Delli. Enriched with 2 engraved portraits of Charles Borromeo, 1 of which is flying and 4 of the figures in preliminaries condition. Very good condition. The book bears numerous ex-libris: ex-musaeo Van der Hell, Robert Hoe, Cortlanot F. bishop, Charles V.D. Elst, Carlo de Poorters and that of A. A. Renouard. Provenance: Collection of a Basel bibliophile Very good condition Old small scratch on the upper cover. Minimal and rare soiling to the inside pages